In 1738, the young Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus dared to explore how the birds and the bees carry myriads of pollen grains (male) from the stamens of many flowers to the pistil (female) of another ...
This lovely perennial, purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) grows near the pond’s edge at Charles Hammer’s home. Its Latin name derived from a practice established more than two centuries ago.